The men's football tournament at the

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competition in these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination bracket. The men's competition was an under-22 event, with each team supplemented with up to three over age players.

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were the defending champions from the

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. The gold medal was won by

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Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. Hosts Canada and Mexico qualified automatically. The winners of the regional Caribbean and Central American championships also qualified. Teams placing between 3rd and 6th at the South American Championship also qualified.

Summary

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Medalists

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had to submit up to 18 players on their rosters. * * * * * * * *

Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, played in round-robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. The teams were ranked as follows: #Points #Goal difference #Goals scored #Head-to-head points #Drawing of lots Following the completion of the group games, the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals, with the winners of one group playing the runners-up of another group. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and the losers advanced to the bronze medal match. All games were played in two 45-minute halves. In the medal round, if the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time was played (two 15-minute halves), followed by penalty kicks competition if the match still remained tied.

First round

The official detailed schedule and draw was revealed on April 24, 2015. ''All times were

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Group A

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Group B

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Medal round

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Competition summary

Goalscorers

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;4 goals * Clayton ;3 goals * Jorman Aguilar ;2 goals * Rômulo * Martín Zúñiga * Fidel Escobar *

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* Sebastián Ferreira *

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* Luan * Lucas Piazon *

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* Daniel Álvarez * Marco Bueno * Carlos Cisneros * Jonathan Espericueta * Jordan Silva *

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* Derlis Alegre * Arturo Aranda *

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* Iván Ramírez * Gonzalo Maldonado * Elsar Rodas *

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* Shackeil Henry * Ricardo John *

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* Federico Ricca * Michael Santos * Andrés Schettino ;1 own goal * Manjrekar James (playing against Peru)

Final standings

References

External links

Football - Event Overview - Men
Toronto 2015 Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Pan

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